Background

Peter David was born on September 23, 1956, in Fort Meade, Maryland, United States to the family of Gunter and Dalia (Rojansky) David. He has two siblings: a brother and a sister. Peter was raised in Pennsylvania.

Education

Peter spent his childhood in Bloomfield. He studied at Demarest Elementary School. When it was time for higher education, Peter entered New York University to study journalism. His interest in writing grew from his father who was a journalist.

Career

Before taking on a full-time writing career, Peter David tried himself in journalism and book publishing. He served at the Philadelphia Bulletin, worked as an assistant to the editor-in-chief at the E.P. Dutton, was responsible for sales and distribution at Playboy Paperbacks, grew up from assistant direct sales manager to sales manager at legendary Marvel Comics.

Eventually, in the 1980s, Peter David dedicated himself to writing. Up to now, Peter has had over fifty novels published. Among them: Sir Apropos of Nothing, the sequel The Woad to Wuin, Knight Life, Howling Mad, and the Psi-Man adventure series. He is the author of the bestselling Star Trek: New Frontier series produced the three Babylon 5 Centauri Prime novels.

Peter’s comic book resume includes an award-winning twelve-year run on The Incredible Hulk, and he has also worked on such varied and popular titles as Supergirl, Young Justice, Soulsearchers and Company, Aquaman, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, X-Factor, Star Trek, Wolverine, The Phantom, Sachs & Violens, and many others.

Besides, Peter David has been running his own column But I Digress in the industry trade newspaper The Comic Buyers’s Guide for nearly a decade.

Peter is the co-creator of the science fiction series Space Cases, which ran on Nickelodeon. He has also written several films for Full Moon Entertainment and co-produced two of them.

Achievements

• Peter David has been honored not only nationally, but also internationally. His numerous awards include the Spanish Haxtur Award, Australian OZCon, and UK Comic Art Award.
  
  Peter has made it to the New York Times Bestseller List. His bestsellers include Star Trek: New Frontier, The Incredible Hulk, and Spiderman.

Works

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  • Tong Lashing: Sir Apropos of Nothing

    (Every heroic fantasy has its hero - the dashing, handsome...)

    2019
  • Knight Life

    (More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mi...)

    1987
  • Incredible Hulk: Beauty and the Behemoth

    (A harrowing new adventure featuring one of Marvel Comics'...)

    1998
  • The Long Night of Centauri Prime

    (The beginning of an exciting new adventure that continues...)

    1999
  • House of Cards

    (When the Thallonian Empire collapses, Captain Mackenzie C...)

    1997
  • The Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast

    (The first-ever hardcover novel featuring the Incredible H...)

    1995
  • The Return of Swamp Thing 1989

Religion

Initially, Peter David belonged to Conservative Judaism. However, it is known that from 2003 David has been supporting the ideas of Reform Judaism.

Politics

David has always criticized both Republicans and Democrats. For instance, he publicly spoke against Donald Trump administration policy almost weekly.

Views

Peter David supports openly the rights of the LGBT community and, being himself of Jewish origin, speaks out in favor of Israeli rights. David confronts the idea of capital punishment and is an active proponent of gun control and freedom of speech.

Quotations: "That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult...then comes suspicion, hatred, and fear. If children ran the world, it would be a place of eternal bliss and cheer. Adults run the world; and there is war, and enmity, and destruction unending. Adults who take charge of things muck them up, and then produce a new generation of children and say, "The children are the hope of the future." And they are right. Children are the hope of the future. But adults are the damnation of the present, and children become adults as surely as adults become worm food. Adults are the death of hope."

"If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up."

"Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all threads tie together in a neat bow and everything moves smoothly from one point to the next to the next. In real life, though... nothing makes sense. Bad things happen to good people. The pious die young while the wicked live until old age. War, famine, pestilence, death all occur randomly and senselessly and leave us more often than not scratching our heads and hurling the question 'why?' into a void that provides no answers."

"There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point."

"It matters not how it seems. All that matters is what is, and I will simply have to deal with whatever that happens to be."

Membership

• The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Personality

Peter David is said to have a very good sense of humor and stands out for the ability to remain in good spirits no matter how awful the situation is. In his writing, David often reflects real-world issues and his personal life.

Quotes from others about the person

• A Publishers Weekly reviewer: "David knows how to spin a story, entertaining the reader with pathos, bathos, mythos, and psychos."

Interests

• Musicals

• Writers

  Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert B. Parker, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Robert Crais, Edgar Rice Burroughs

• Artists

  John Buscema, George Pérez, Andy Kubert, Rick Leonardi

• Sport & Clubs

  The New York baseball team Mets, bowling, tai chi

• Music & Bands

  The Beatles

Connections

In June 1977 Peter married Myra Kasman. Before they separated in 1996, the couple gave birth to three daughters: Shana, Guinevere, and Ariel. On May 26, 2001, David married Kathleen O'Shea, his childhood friend. Peter and Keith have one daughter Caroline.

Father:

Gunter David

Mother:

Dalia David (Rojansky)

Friend:

Carol Kalish

Grandfather:

Martin David

grandmother:

Hela David

Brother:

Wally David

Sister:

Beth David

ex-wife:

Myra Kasma

Daughter:

Shana David

Daughter:

Ariel David

Daughter:

Guinevere David

Wife:

Kathleen O'Shea

Daughter:

Caroline David

Friend:

George Perez

colleague:

Bill Mumy

References

• Peter David – personal web-site The official web site of Peter David, writer of stuff.